The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao.<br> The name that can be named is not the eternal Name.

If you want to be happy for a year, plant a garden; <br> if you want to be happy for life, plant a tree.

My doctor says that I have a malformed public-duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fibre, and that I am therefor excused from saving Universes.

Each man is his own prisoner, in solitary confinement for life.

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too.

A pessimist is never disappointed.

The stronger must dominate and not blend with the weaker, thus sacrificing his own greatness.

Always win; but if you must lose, make the person in front of you break the record.

Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.

Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the governing of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the forms of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.